U.S. President barack Obama visits Palestine and Israel confirms US commitment to the Jewish State and to a viable Palestinian State, in the meantime, Israeli military continue assaults against Palestinian civilians in the West Bank and kidnapped dozens, these stories and more, coming up, stay tuned.

The Nonviolence Report

Let’s begin our weekly report with nonviolent activities organized in the West Bank. the Israeli army this week attacked ‘Ahfad Younis, the village Palestinian activists erected to counter the Israeli ongoing settlement activity around Jerusalem. Moreover Israeli soldiers used force to suppress the weekly anti wall protests organized in West Bank villages. IMEMC’s Salam Qumsiyeh with the story:

On Friday afternoon Israeli forces invaded the village of Ahfad Younis that was erected by Palestinians activists near the Israeli illegal settlement of Ma’ala Adomim just outside occupied East Jerusalem.

The village was erected on Monday of this week in the same location of Bab al Shams protest village set up by Palestinian nonviolent protesters in January of this year.

In January Israeli troops attacked Bab al Shams removed all the tents and arrested all villagers and released them later near the central West Bank city of Ramallah.

Elsewhere on Friday of this week, anti-wall protests were organized at the village of Bil’in, Nil’in, and Al Nabi Saleh, central West Bank, the village of Kufer Qadum in northern West Bank in addition to AL Ma’ssara village in the south.

Israeli soldiers suppressed the nonviolent protesters with tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets. Many were treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation.

In Bil’in and Nil’in protesters managed to reach the Israeli wall before they got attacked by soldiers. But in Nabi Saleh, al Ma’ssara and Kufer Qadum troops attacked unarmed protesters before leaving the villages.

For IMEMC News this is Salam Qumsiyeh

The Political Report

U.S. President Barack Obama visits Israel and Palestine, focuses on U.S. - Israel friendship and calls on both Palestinians and Israelis to resume peace talks, the details with IMEMC's Ghassan Bannoura.

The West Bank and Gaza Report

This week the Israeli forces conducted at least 52 military invasions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank. During these invasions Israeli troops arrested at least 67 Palestinians, including 41 children. IMEMC’s Eman Batjali has more:

Dozens of residents were treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation on Monday during clashes that erupted between local youth and Israeli troops at Al Aroub refugee camp to the north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron.

Local sources reported that Israeli soldiers stormed the entrance of the camp and fired tear gas at residents then local youth responded by hurling stones at them.

Medical sources said that dozens of residents received treatments for the effects of tear gas inhalation. Last week Israeli troops shot and killed a local journalist during clashes at Al Aroub refugee camp.

Later in the week Extreme right wing Israeli settlers attacked on Tuesday Palestinian cars near the northern West Bank city of Nablus casing damage.

Witnesses said that settlers from the nearby illegal settlement of Yetshar hurled stones at Palestinian cars casing damage to 18 cars. No injuries among Palestinians were reported. On Wednesday morning in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, a Palestinian child was injured after he was rammed by an Israeli settler car.

Witnesses said that the boy 4 years old was playing near his home when a settler hit him with his car and fled the scene. Doctors in Hebron city hospital said that boy sustained moderate wounds.

Elsewhere on Thursday morning Israeli sources reported that two rocket shells were fired from Gaza and hit Israeli areas near the costal enclave.

One of the shells landed near the backyard of a house casing damage but no injuries while the other one landed in open land casing neither damage nor injuries.

For IMEMC News this is Eman Batjali

And that’s all for today from This Week in Palestine this was the Weekly report for March 16th to 22 , 2013 from the Occupied Palestinian Territories. For more news and updates please keep visiting our website at http://www.imemc.org. Today’s report has been brought to you by Husam Qassis and me, George Rishmawi